My name is Lara, I´m a nineteen year old visual arts student wanting to enjoy life and meet new people. I started college too young (I was only seventeen), and after one year studying I decided I had to experience new things before continuing my academic life. So I´m taking a year to travel around, meet new people, new places and learn a little about myself. I lived in Buenos Aires for some months and now I want to travel a bit more.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm interested in Couchsurfing because I think is an amazing way to travel, as you can meet people and exchange experiences in your way. For me traveling is not only being in a different place, I want to enjoy the new culture.

Interests

I´m a really curious person and I love learning new things so almost anything new will make me interested.

• books
• theater
• cooking
• traveling
• art history
• visual arts
• language exchange
• volunteering
• solo travel

Music, Movies, and Books

I´m pretty eclectic when it comes to music, I usually listen to Brazilian songs, but I'm really open to discover new genres. I don't think I have a favorite song, though I absolutely have a favorite singer, Chico Buarque.
I really enjoy cinema, specially thriller movies, my favorite one is Kubrick's "The Shining".
I read a lot, lately I've been reading mostly art books and some poetry, my favorite ones are Gombrich's "The Story Art" and one anthology of Alfonsina Storni that I have been reading for years.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One of the things that marked me the most was volunteering in a public school in São Paulo, Brazil. Some years ago I started working on a project that connected high schoolers who were willing to help with teachers from some public schools who needed help. I would go to this school after my class for two years to solve doubts the kids were having. It was truly the most amazing experience I have ever had, the idea that what I had learnt in school was enough to help others for me was really incredible. I didn't needed to be older than I was or to have any political power. I just had to go, for some hours a week to teach things I knew, and that could change a lot of things.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love cooking and I like to think I do it well, it´s always a pleasure to cook for other people or (why not?) teach a recipe. I also enjoy to draw, paint and do graffiti, I would gladly share my experience with that. And I know it takes a lot of time to learn a new language, but I speak portuguese, english and spanish and I would love to help someone learninig or even practicing one of these languages.
As for learning, I think I would enjoy anything one could teach me, words in other languages, songs, recipes...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would love to cook something or, if I have more time, even work on a graffiti project. But most of all, I would enjoy sharing my traveling experiences and learning about the host's culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, France, Japan, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Brazil